Sama’ Abdulhadi — Boiler Room: Palestine, Ramallah, 2018

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Why this recording

Ramallah, June 2018: Sama' Abdulhadi makes her Boiler Room debut on home turf, and the platform only released the film three months later. The tracklist logged on MixesDB, matching the video's 59 minutes, runs to fourteen tracks: an opening on Stimming and Lambert's intro, Carl Cox, Reinier Zonneveld and Christopher Coe's “Inferno” around the nineteenth minute, Pan-Pot's “Funke” at thirty-five, then a close on Âme's “No War”. Just before that, Max Cooper's remix of Maxime Miville's “Don't Ask” comes in at the fifty-minute mark.

— Simon Janvier, live-sound professional and editor of the catalogue

Recording technical sheet

Rights-holding channelBoiler Room
Source statusOfficial — broadcaster or organiser
Uploaded
Exact runtime
ResolutionHD (720p+)
Source qualityProfessional (multi-camera)

Metadata checked on YouTube on 29 September 2026; direction, camera setup and sound documented by the editors.

Published on August 12, 2026 by

Sama’ Abdulhadi’s DJ set recorded on 22 June 2018 in Ramallah, in the West Bank, as part of Boiler Room Palestine. Regarded as one of the leading figures of Palestinian techno, Sama’ Abdulhadi delivers an hour-long techno mix in front of a crowd gathered for this edition dedicated to the Palestinian underground scene. The DJ set, filmed close to the decks in Boiler Room’s signature style, became one of the platform’s most-watched videos and played a major role in the artist’s international recognition. Broadcast on the Boiler Room channel, this showcase live set foregrounds driving techno programming, carried by precise mixing and continuous energy. This Sama’ Abdulhadi DJ set for Boiler Room Palestine in Ramallah in 2018 documents a landmark moment for the region’s electronic scene and for the place of Palestinian artists within the global techno circuit. The recording is a reference point for discovering Sama’ Abdulhadi’s approach in a live performance and the context of Boiler Room Palestine.

Setlist

  1. Stimming x Lambert — Intro
  2. Oliver Koletzki, Niko Schwind — Subati
  3. Enrico Sangiuliano — Hidden T
  4. Drunken Kong — Realize
  5. Hollen — Energy Drink
  6. Carl Cox, Reinier Zonneveld, Christopher Coe — Inferno
  7. Popof — Bowo
  8. 2Pole — Alone (avec Ursula Rucker)
  9. Pan-Pot — Funke
  10. Cosmic Boys — Stranger Code
  11. Pig&Dan — Now Or Never (Etai Tarazi Remix)
  12. DEAS — Velocity
  13. Maxime Miville — Don't Ask (Max Cooper Remix)
  14. Âme — No War

Personnel & credits

  • Sama' Abdulhadi — DJ
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What to watch next

The only recording of Sama' Abdulhadi gathered here, but Boiler Room holds 48 in all.